i posted the question yesterday..it is still unasnwered..i think this person may have a problem with actually getting it on his phone...i have a problem with my boyfriend who has iphone with at&t..i can receive his emojicons but when he receives mine..it looks like this (Ýæü£ñ)..but other people have said it works within verizon iphone to iphone..

As for getting the app to work, after downloading, turn the phone off and restart. Then, under keyboards, if you click "International" you will see a new one in the list called "Emoji." Choose that one. When you write an SMS text, there will be an icon on the keyboard that looks a little like a little globe. That will pop open some smileys and other emoticons. Just choose the one you want.

That being said, my husband has a Blackberry. The emoticons appear as symbols and stuff Anyone know of an emoticon app that is universal?

I don't believe there's any app out there with icons like emoji that can be sent to other phones..it has something to do with apples software..i used to have green lil guys that had smileys/winks/kisses on my droid original a855..but my sister that had a BB couldn't see them..and my bf had an iphone and he didn't see them..all they saw was or or :-*